Coming soon
27 Oct 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

Hare and Tortoise

by Brendan Murray

Two unlikely friends, the Hare and the Tortoise, meet for the greatest race on earth.

 

A race with a nail-biting, seconds-ticking, medal winning-end, that will determine who is the quickest of all- the excitable Hare or the wise Tortoise. 

Ready?  Steady? Is it time to GO! 

The story bursts to life in sunny spring, moves through a playful summer, and concludes in the snowy frost of winter! Enjoy this charming adaptation of Aesop’s fable about friendship, opposites, and growing up. 

Tutti Frutti Productions brings you this much-loved story brimming with fun, live music, unforgettable songs, and delightful characters, who learn that slow and steady wins the race. The Hare and the Tortoise is touring autumn 2025, bringing joy to families and children aged 3+. 

‘The real pleasure here is the touchingly drawn friendship between the over excitable Hare and the careful and methodical Tortoise’ 
– The Guardian  

‘Young audiences deserve the very best and here they get it’  

– The Stage   

 

Available to Book:
27 Oct 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

Schools & Venues

This show is available to book for Schools & Venues.

Creative Team

Brendan Murray

Writer

In 2001 Brendan won The Brian Way Award and in 2009 The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Play: Children & Young People. He was the Visiting Gulbenkian Fellow at King's College Hospital (2002-03) and artistic director of Oxfordshire (Touring) Theatre Company from 2003 to 2008.

Wendy Harris

Artistic Director, Chair of PYA England

Wendy has held the position of artistic director at Tutti Frutti since 2005, touring nationally and internationally, co-producing the Little Feet Festival of Children’s Theatre, and leading on the development programmes and arts engagement work.

Catherine Chapman

Set and Costume Designer

Catherine has been a freelance designer for fifteen years. Her designs have travelled the world with audiences seeing her work in Toyko, New York and Kong Hong. She first worked with Tutti Frutti in 2005 and over the years has designed many shows for the company including Ugly Duckling, Rapunzel, Hare and Tortoise, Monday’s Child, and The Princess and The Pea.

Sara Burns

Lighting Designer

Sara Burns is of Nordic descent and is a Lighting Designer working within the theatre, television and live production industry. Recent theatre includes; Olivier nominated 10 Nights Graeae/Tamasha/Bush Theatre; Hello and Goodbye (Athol Fugard/York Theatre Royal) Previous work for Tutti Frutti includes; Yellow is the Colour of Sunshine; The Boy Who Cried Wolf; Rapunzel. Sara also lectures in technical theatre design and specialises in textures and invoking the emotion beyond the light.

Dominic Sales

Composer

Dom loves writing music, playing music, recording music and listening to music. He has written music for lots of different people, from Atomic Kitten to Opera North and the BBC to a feature film starring John Rhys-Davies. Dom is director/producer for the record label Jellymould Jazz and also plays the triangle.

Calum Clark

Production Manager

Calum is an experience technical stage manager. Recent escapades include Slung Low's Fairy Portal Camp (RSC), The White Whale (Leeds Dock), 59 Minutes to Save Christmas (Sheffield Theatres), Emergency Story Penguin (UK Tour), Underneath a Magical Moon (Tutti Frutti), and Ugly Duckling (Tutti Frutti).

Information for Families

We create shows especially for children aged 3+ and their families and carers

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We are proud to have previously toured to America, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Poland.
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